Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Homer Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $144K, 2.3 years of the Battle Creek metro’s $63K median household income. It grades C overall, 536th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 87% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $55K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Homer Township, above both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On history, just 12 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better.
Where Homer Township beats most towns.
Where Homer Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Homer Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 685 in 1870, 1,575 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1918 and 2 maps from 1948 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Homer Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Homer Township.
Homer Township gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Michigan; it also has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Homer Township. Homer Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Homer Township.
| Homer Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Homer Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.1% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.7% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Homer Community School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian Fletcher Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 319 | C |
| Homer Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 247 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here fell from 901 in 2011 to 525.
Most working residents leave Homer Township for work: only 16% work in town. Since 2011, Homer Township has lost 376 jobs, to 525 in 2021. The top destinations are Marshall (7%), Litchfield (6%) and Coldwater (5%).
| Homer Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Homer Township since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5.7 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Homer Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lakefront Park | 0.4 mi | 9 |
| 2. Grist Mill Park | 0.3 mi | 3 |
| 3. Roadside Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Albion weather station, 9 miles away, records that 40 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 79% of Michigan places with climate records.
Homer Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 16°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Homer Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic21 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
40 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year33 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
35 mi GardenHidden Lake Gardens
9 mi MuseumGardner HouseAmerican Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hidden Lake Gardens: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0 · Gardner House: Christopher L. Riley, CC BY-SA 4.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Homer Township
About 3 of every 100 Homer Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Village in Michigan, United States
See also: Omer, Michigan, which was originally intended to be called "Homer". Homer is a village in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,575 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Homer Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Township | #536 | C | A− | — | B− | D |
| Albion Township | — | — | B | — | B− | D |
| Clarendon Township | — | — | B | — | B− | C− |
| Pulaski Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Litchfield Township | — | — | B+ | — | D | C− |
Albion Township, Clarendon Township, Pulaski Township and Litchfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Homer Township, Albion Township, Clarendon Township, Pulaski Township and Litchfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Homer Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Homer Township grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #536 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
